National Institute of Statistics (Guatemala)

For similarly named organizations in other countries, see Instituto Nacional de Estadística (disambiguation) and National Institute of Statistics.
National Institute of Statistics
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)
Agency overview
Formed1985
Preceding agency
  • Dirección General de Estadística
JurisdictionGovernment of Guatemala
HeadquartersGuatemala City
Agency executive
  • Néstor Mauricio Guerra Morales[1]
Parent agencyGuatemalan Economic Ministry
Websitehttp://www.ine.gob.gt

The National Statistics Institute of Guatemala (Spanish: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Guatemala, INE) is the statistics agency of the Government of Guatemala. It has responsibility to collect, prepare, and publish official statistics. INE runs the population census and issues statistics on employment, price levels, poverty rates, and other standard national statistics.[2]

INE will conduct a population census of Guatemala in July and August 2018, the twelfth such census.[3]

INE publishes monthly consumer price index (CPI) statistics. Annual consumer price inflation was estimated at 4-5% in 2016.[4]

INE publishes general agriculture, health, and environmental statistics.[5]

References

  1. ^ Gerencia at INE web site
  2. ^ Official site of INE
  3. ^ Abre la puerta al Censo (Open the door to the Census). June, 2018.
  4. ^ News releases of INE (Guatemala) republished in English at centralamericadata.com
  5. ^ World Data Atlas, Sources: National Institute of Statistics, Guatemala at knoema.com